Why the ‘Safe Space’ Won’t Survive 2016

The so-called “safe space” was one of the defining issues of free speech at universities in 2015, as its very concept attracted global ridicule. However, its coup de grâce is now well under way.

“Safe space” is a policy to make everything on university campuses inclusive. How is it achieved? By excludingunwanted people, facts, or ideas.

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While no one was watching, power-hungry student union officers snuck behind everyone’s back and inscribed “safe space” policies into university rules designed to specifically censor speech and arguments that fail to fit their progressive agenda.

However, 2015 was the year when the “safe space” came to light, as it was when campus crazies began to try out their beloved new policy, designed to ensure their fellow students’ “safety.”

Yet despite successful bans imposed on those who don’t fit the desired narrative of progressive social justice, the publicity and outcry surrounding “safe spaces” has damaged the progressive dream immeasurably.

“Safe spaces” are now subject to global ridicule, and the cracks are beginning to show. The free speech magazine Spiked recently revealed the epidemic of campus censorship in its Free Speech University Rankings, which concluded that 90% of British universities censor speech, a 10% increase from 80% in 2015.